She hid in the bathtub when the thief got inside, and during those frightening moments she thought about “what my mom would be thinking if she saw me dead in the bathtub.”

Sophie says the bad guy found her hiding spot, and when he pulled back the shower curtain, he just stared at her for five long seconds.

“First I noticed his big lips, and I was like ‘OK, I got that.’ And then, I had to see the rest of his face, and then I’d seen his stare and there was no emotion or soul. There was just this blank stare,” said Sophie.

Then, he took off. A week later, Sophie and her mom were online when they saw a picture of Lataurean Conway. Stockton police posted it on their Facebook page.

Conway had been arrested for breaking into someone else’s home down the street. So they called police.

“I said ‘That’s him for sure, that’s him,’ ” said Sophie.

“The picture of him, just the picture of him, of this 31-year-old, the eyebrows, the face, looking at my daughter in the shower, I don’t know the closeness. It’s creepy, its really, really creepy,” said Nikki.

Investigators say Conway will now be charged in Sophie’s case. It’s a relief to this family and, most importantly, a small sense of comfort to a girl who fought her own fears and has helped catch an accused criminal.

“I feel good that I could help police,” said Sophie.

Sophie says she’ll finally be able to get a good night’s sleep with Elle by her side and the suspect behind bars.

Investigators say they will be looking to see if Conway is connected to any other cases.